Mop.



WITNESSES:

T. G. JOHNSON.

MOP.

APPLICATION FlLED MAY 14. 1913.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

IIVVEIVTORI Mada/ e ifahzmzz,

ATTORNEY THEODORE G. JOHNSON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 11915.

Application filed May 14, 1913. Serial No. 767,583.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I. THEODORE G. JOHN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in mops, and more especially to mopheads.

The device is so constructed that it can be readily inserted intocorners and beneath furniture while either mopping or applying oil orstain to a floor.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will nowbe made to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a complete mop. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the mop with the upper portion of the handle broken away, and showingthe operation of said handle in-dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective of the mop-head and a bail loosely connected thereto. Fig. 4is a detail perspective of a removable cover for the mop-head.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a mop-head 1, consisting,preferably, of one piece of wire bent in triangular form, so that it maybe readily inserted into corners when dusting, or mopping, or applyingstain or oil to a'floor, or furniture. The longitudinal sides of themop-head 1 have loops 2 the forward sides 3 of which are raised abovethe rear sides 4, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

'5 designates a bail formed, preferably, from one piece of wire thelower ends of which have loops 6 loosely embracing the rear sides 4 ofloops 2. The upper end of the bail is twisted to form a rigid shank 7having eyes 8 therein.

9 designates a handle the lower end of which is secured upon shank 7 bya pair of bolts 10 and thumb-nuts 11, the bolts 7 passing through theeyes 8 and registering openings in the handle. The lower portion ofhandle 9 is incased in a tubular cushion 12,

which prevents the hard material forming the handle from contacting andmarring chairs and other furniture when mopping beneath the same.

13 designates a cover for the mop head 1. As shown on Figs. 2 and 3,loops 2 are arranged in advance of the rear end of the mop-head. Hence,when downward pressure is applied through the handle 9, said pressure isdistributed in a substantially unlform manner over the entire surface ofthe mop-head, instead of merely at the rear end thereof as would be thecase if the handle were attached to the rear end of the mop-head. Byarranging the front sides 3 of loops 2 higher than the rear sides 4thereof, the handle 9 may be swung downward and backward to almost ahorizontal position, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 2, which permits itto be readily inserted beneath chairs and furniture. This arrangement ofthe loops 2 also causes the front sides 3 thereof to act as a stop inlimiting the upward movement of the handle, the latter being allowed toswing only a slight distance beyond a vertical plane before the sides ofthe bail contact the two front sides 3 of the loops 2. When the handle 9is swung upward to the position shown on Figs. 1 and 2, it will standalone, which is quite an advantage when occasion arises to temporarilylet go of the handle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Pat ent is:

1. A device of the character described, consisting of a mop-head havingtwo oppositely-disposed loops the forward sides of which are higher thanthe rear sides, a bail having loops at its lower ends loosely-embracingthe lowerportions of the loops on said mop-head, said bail being adaptedto contact the front sides of the mophead loops and be limited in itsforward moveineillt thereby, and a handle secured to said 2. A device ofthe character .described, comprising a wire frame provided at its sideportions with inclined loops to form connecting eyes, and a handleoperably-connected to the lower parts of said loops, the higher parts ofthe loops serving to support the handle in substantially a verticalposition. 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses F. G. FISCHER, L. J. Frscunn.

